A.   The purpose of this title is to establish categories of uses and to regulate the location of such uses in such a manner so as to group within a classification as nearly as possible, those which are mutually compatible; to protect each such group of uses from the intrusion into such classifications of incompatible uses; to preserve neighborhood character; to make it possible for the City to strategically locate public land uses; to make it possible for the City to efficiently and economically design, install and operate, in terms of location, size and capacity, public service facilities such as streets, drains and sewers, in order to adequately and permanently meet the ultimate requirements as determined by a defined intensity and type of land use; to require an orderly arrangement of essential related facilities with particular reference to the traffic pattern and well designed off-street parking areas and, through the medium of the zoning map which is a part of this title, to establish the geographical location and boundaries of the areas or zones to which the different classifications will apply.

   B.   A further purpose of this title is to establish required minimum lot areas, yards and open spaces, and building forms as a means of providing a suitable environment for living, business and industry, to ensure compatibility with the existing development context, and for the purpose of maintaining reasonable population densities and reasonable intensities of land use all for the general purpose of conserving public health, safety, morals, conveniences and general welfare. It is the intent of the City Council in adopting this title to retain and to use all power delegated to the City by the state of California.

(Ord. 3229 (part), 2016; Ord. 2982, 2001).

   A.   In order to accomplish the purpose of this chapter, 26 use classifications are established in each of which regulations are prescribed concerning the permissible uses, the height and bulk of buildings, the area of yards and other open spaces about buildings, and density of population. Such classifications are known as follows:

   R-1      One-Family Residential

   R-1P      One-Family Residential Preservation

   PRD      Planned Residential Development

   PRD-I      Planned Residential Development Infill

   R-2      Two-Family Residential

   R-2P      Two-Family Residential Preservation

   R-G      Garden-Type Multiple Residential

   R-3R      Restricted (single story) Multiple Residential

   R-3P      Limited Density, Multiple Residential Preservation

   R-3      Limited Density, Multiple Residential

   R-4      Medium Density, Multiple Residential

   R-5      Maximum Density, Multiple Residential

   R-MH      Mobile Home Park

   O-P      Office Professional

   C-G      Commercial Greenbelt

   C-3      Central Business District Commercial

   C-M      Commercial, Manufacturing

   G-C      General Commercial

   M-P      Manufacturing Park

   M-G      Manufacturing, General

   ES      Emergency Shelter Overlay Zone

   LCO      Life Care Overlay

   O-      Oil Overlay

   O-G      Oil Gas

   O-S      Open Space

   P      Residential Preservation Zone

   P-L      Public Land

   ROD      Restaurant Overlay District

   RS-PC      Rural Street Overlay Zone – Pico-Carhart

   SPD      Specific Plan District

   B.   "More restrictive uses" as employed in this chapter means the following:

      1.   The uses first permitted in the R-1 and R-1P zones are the most restrictive.

      2.   All other uses are less restrictive in the order they are first permitted in the zones in the following sequence: PRD, R-2P, R-2, R-G, R-3R, R-3P, R-3, R-4, R-5, O-P, C-G, C-3, C-M, M-P, and M-G.

   C.   Except as provided in this title, no building shall be erected, reconstructed or structurally altered, nor shall any building or land be used for any purpose except as hereinafter specifically provided and allowed in the same zone in which such building, land or use is located or proposed to be located.

(Ord. 3232 (part), 2016; Ord. 3229 (part), 2016; Ord. 3222 § 3, 2015; Ord. 2982, 2001).

   The location and boundaries of the various zones are such as are shown and delineated on the "Zoning Map" of the City of Fullerton as adopted originally by Ordinance No. 475 and subsequently amended and which map, by reference, is made a part of this chapter.

(Ord. 2982, 2001).

   Where a number follows the zoning symbol on the Zoning Map, it shall represent the number of thousands of square feet of area required in lieu of the minimum areas established in each zone as herein defined. Pursuant to § 15.17.050 no new lot shall be created in any R-1 or R-1P zone which is less in area than the minimum lot size indicated on the city's official Zoning Map for the area in which it is located, except as provided in Title 16 of the Fullerton Municipal Code. If no number follows the zoning symbol, the areas prescribed in the chapter governing such zone shall apply. The minimum lot sizes as shown on the Zoning Map are further defined as follows:

   R-1-6 – minimum lot size of 6,000 square feet.

   R-1-7.2 – minimum lot size of 7,200 square feet.

   R-1-8 – minimum lot size of 8,000 square feet.

   R-1-8.5 – minimum lot size of 8,500 square feet.

   R-1-9 – minimum lot size of 9,000 square feet.

   R-1-10 – minimum lot size of 10,000 square feet.

   R-1-12 – minimum lot size of 12,000 square feet.

   R-1-13 – minimum lot size of 13,000 square feet.

   R-1-15 – minimum lot size of 15,000 square feet.

   R-1-20 – minimum lot size of 20,000 square feet.

   R-1-40 – minimum lot size of 40,000 square feet.

   M-P-30 – minimum lot size of 30,000 square feet.

   M-P-40 – minimum lot size of 40,000 square feet.

   M-P-80 – minimum lot size of 80,000 square feet.

   M-P-100 – minimum lot size of 100,000 square feet.

   M-P-200 – minimum lot size of 200,000 square feet.

(Ord. 3232 (part), 2016; Ord. 2982, 2001).

   A.   Changes in the boundary of the zones shall be made by ordinance adopting an amended Zoning Map, or part of said Map, or unit of a part of said Zoning Map, which said amended Map, or parts or units of parts, when so adopted, shall be published in the manner prescribed by law and become a part of this chapter.

   B.   Where uncertainty exists as to the boundary of any zone shown upon a Zoning Map or any part or unit thereof, the following rules of construction shall apply:

      1.   Where such boundary is indicated as approximately following street and alley lines or lot lines, such lines shall be construed to be such boundary.

      2.   In the case of un-subdivided property, andwhere a boundary divides a lot, the location of such boundary, unless dimensions indicate the same, shall be determined by use of the scale appearing on said Zoning Map.

      3.   Where a public street or alley is officially vacated or abandoned, the area comprising such vacated street or alley shall acquire the zone of the property to which it reverts.

      4.   Areas of dedicated streets or alleys and railroad rights-of-way, other than such as are designated on the Zoning Map as being classified in one of the zones provided in this chapter, shall be deemed to be unclassified and, in the case of streets shall be permitted to be used only for purposes lawfully allowed and, in the case of railroad rights-of-way, shall be permitted to be used solely for the purpose of accommodating tracks, signals, other operative devices and the movement of rolling stock.

      5.   Any property which, for any reason is not designated on the Zoning Map as being classified in any of the zones established hereby, or any property annexed to or consolidated with the City subsequent to July 3, 1953, shall be deemed to have an R-1-20,000 zone unless or until the same shall have been otherwise classified in the manner set forth in this title.

      6.   The legislative body may upon recommendation of the Planning Commission invoke a zone other than R-1-20,000 (single-family residential) on properties being annexed to or being consolidated with the city of Fullerton by adopting an interim ordinance.

(Ord. 2982, 2001).

   A.   The City Council recognizes the fact that a city's social and economic life is seldom limited to the area within its corporate limits; that real need exists to consider zoning and physical planning on the basis of the existing and developing area rather than only the areas currently within the city limits; that state law, through the medium of the state planning law, recognizes the existence of the relationship between a city and the areas adjacent thereto and has incorporated in such state planning law a mandate that cities shall preplan areas contiguous thereto if, in the opinion of the city, such areas bear a relationship to its planning.

   B.   In recognition of such policy and purpose and the possibility of annexation of adjoining lands, the City under-takes to establish an expansion of a consistent land use pattern that shall prevail if and when areas contained with such expanded plans annex to the city. For that purpose pre-zoning maps may be developed and adopted in the same manner prescribed by this title for the zoning or rezoning of property within the city.

   C.   If a pre-zoning map for an area has been adopted, such annexing property contained therein shall, upon becoming a part of the city, possess the zone indicated on the detailed pre-zoning map, and such portions of the pre-zoning map governing properties so annexed shall become a part of the city's Zoning Map and thereafter be subject to all of the provisions of this title.

(Ord. 2982, 2001).